Christopher Canote

Light and shadow and transparency and translucency, smoke and spark and fog and fire, the shadow of a tree through blinds, moving in patterns, repeating with the push-pull of the wind.

I'm interested in visual mysteries. I'm inspired by nature's growth and decay filtered through the physical action of working with pencil and paint. I'm fascinated by transparency, shadow, light through branches and the stains of wet leaves on the sidewalk. My goal in my art isn't to depict nature. It's to create a similar sense of peace and wonder and rightness as nature provides.

“In the end, I am not interested in that which I fully understand.”
— Nick Cave

“The answer is never the answer. What's really interesting is the mystery.”
— Ken Kesey

1991
Bachelors Degree in Visual Communications,
San Jose State University, San Jose, California

August 2018, Abstract Catalyst, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon

April 2018, Guest Artist, Sidestreet Gallery, Portland, Oregon

October 2017, Chasing Ghosts, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, Oregon

November 2016, The Four Letters, BrassWorks Gallery, Portland, Oregon

November 2015, In Between Spaces, BrassWorks Gallery, Portland, Oregon

August 2015, Synesthesia, Portland, Oregon

July 2015, Solo exhibition, BrassWorks Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2014 Auction, Works Gallery, San Jose, California

2013 Members Exhibition,
Works Gallery, San Jose, California

2011 LightRail Studios, San Francisco